Velbazhd vs Vihren: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Bulgaria 3. League Southwest
Date: Sat 18.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Osogovo

Struggling Velbazhd will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Vihren in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Velbazhd and Vihren should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Velbazhd form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Velbazhd, who have the fewest points (5) at home in 3. League Southwest, have only managed 0 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses so far from their games here at Stadion Osogovo. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts. With 21 home games in a row without a win, the Velbazhd fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Botev Ihtiman game long ago, can be stopped today.

Velbazhd lost their last game at Oborishte after a 0-6 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Balkan Botevgrad.

Velbazhd have scored 12 goals here in 15 matches, not a lot. Velbazhd have conceded 32 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Vihren form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L5 on the road this term. Vihren has drawn their two previous away games.

Vihren won their last game, 2-0 versus Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi played at home. A 0-0 draw at Chavdar Etropole's stadium before that.

Vihren are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Vihren in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Vihren - Velbazhd 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Velbazhd 1 win, 2 draws and Vihren 6 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Velbazhd missing players

Vihren missing players

Velbazhd Vihren
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played 4 15 31
1 0 0 Won 2 4 16
5 5 1 Drew 1 6 8
25 10 4 Lost 1 5 7
21 12 2 Scored 9 18 46
77 32 10 Conceded 7 19 33
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 100% 80% 90%
87% 87% 80% Over 1.5 100% 73% 71%
74% 67% 60% Over 2.5 75% 40% 45%
26% 20% 0% Over 3.5 75% 33% 29%
23% 20% 0% Over 4.5 25% 13% 13%
55% 67% 40% BTTS 75% 47% 48%
3% 7% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 27% 39%
45% 33% 60% Failed To Score 25% 47% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Velbazhd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Velbazhd have yet to win a game at home.
  • Vihren have scored more than double the goals of Velbazhd.

Velbazhd
All 3. League Southwest
All Home Away
06-04-19 3LS Velbazhd 0 - 3 Hebar 1918
10-04-19 3LS Bansko 2 - 1 Velbazhd
13-04-19 3LS Velbazhd 1 - 2 Botev Ihtiman
20-04-19 3LS Chavdar Etropole 2 - 0 Velbazhd
24-04-19 3LS Velbazhd 1 - 4 Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi
04-05-19 3LS Balkan Botevgrad 4 - 1 Velbazhd
11-05-19 3LS Oborishte 6 - 0 Velbazhd
18-05-19 3LS Velbazhd 15:00 Vihren
25-05-19 3LS Marek 15:00 Velbazhd
01-06-19 3LS Velbazhd 15:00 Rilski Sportist
Vihren
All Bulgarian Cup 3. League Southwest Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-04-19 3LS Vihren 3 - 3 Slivnishki geroy
10-04-19 3LS Septemvri Simitli 4 - 0 Vihren
13-04-19 3LS Vihren 1 - 2 Hebar 1918
20-04-19 3LS Bansko 0 - 0 Vihren
24-04-19 3LS Vihren 3 - 1 Botev Ihtiman
04-05-19 3LS Chavdar Etropole 0 - 0 Vihren
11-05-19 3LS Vihren 2 - 0 Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi
18-05-19 3LS Velbazhd 15:00 Vihren
25-05-19 3LS Vihren 15:00 Oborishte
01-06-19 3LS Balkan Botevgrad 15:00 Vihren

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Hebar 1918 31 26 3 2 62 17 15 13 2 0 34 9 16 13 1 2 28 8 45 81
2 Oborishte 31 21 6 4 58 26 16 12 4 0 33 7 15 9 2 4 25 19 32 69
3 Vihren 31 16 8 7 46 33 16 12 2 2 28 14 15 4 6 5 18 19 13 56
4 Bansko 31 15 8 8 50 30 15 10 4 1 30 15 16 5 4 7 20 15 20 53
5 FK Minyor Pernik 31 14 10 7 50 34 16 9 5 2 33 13 15 5 5 5 17 21 16 52
6 Slivnishki geroy 31 14 9 8 51 32 15 9 3 3 30 14 16 5 6 5 21 18 19 51
7 Pirin Razlog 31 13 8 10 43 34 16 7 5 4 17 13 15 6 3 6 26 21 9 47
8 Rilski Sportist 31 11 9 11 38 38 16 9 4 3 24 10 15 2 5 8 14 28 0 42
9 Belasitsa 31 10 10 11 37 33 16 9 4 3 32 18 15 1 6 8 5 15 4 40
10 Chavdar Etropole 31 11 5 15 53 45 15 8 1 6 32 16 16 3 4 9 21 29 8 38
11 Marek 31 10 7 14 31 35 16 7 3 6 20 14 15 3 4 8 11 21 -4 37
12 Sportist Svoge 31 10 6 15 40 49 16 7 2 7 22 23 15 3 4 8 18 26 -9 36
13 Septemvri Simitli 31 9 9 13 28 32 15 7 5 3 21 12 16 2 4 10 7 20 -4 36
14 Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi 31 9 9 13 37 53 15 7 5 3 21 20 16 2 4 10 16 33 -16 36
15 Balkan Botevgrad 31 9 8 14 39 51 15 5 4 6 16 21 16 4 4 8 23 30 -12 35
16 Germaneya 31 8 6 17 35 62 16 5 4 7 18 23 15 3 2 10 17 39 -27 30
17 Botev Ihtiman 31 8 2 21 31 69 15 6 2 7 23 30 16 2 0 14 8 39 -38 26
18 Velbazhd 31 1 5 25 21 77 15 0 5 10 12 32 16 1 0 15 9 45 -56 8

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